Research in Motion is playing catch-up after releasing the poor-selling tablet last year without the patented BlackBerry e-mail capabilities.

Trying to make up for lost time, RIM is delivering an operating-system software update next month, which it touted yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The PlayBook 2.0 software fixes more than a few flaws.

The update will deliver native e-mail to the tablet without making users first sync it to their smartphones. The e-mail client will also sync with multiple e-mail and social network accounts and allows for multitasking.

In addition, the Playbook will also get a store to buy or rent movies and TV shows.

The new software isn’t a game changer for struggling RIM, but it’s a start.

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Move over, Steve Ballmer — Snooki stole your show.

The “Jersey Shore” star drew a crowd at CES, where she was promoting iHip headphones yesterday.

“With leopard-print earphones, they’re tacky — just like me,” she told The Post.

The headphone wars, with companies enlisting the aid of celebrity encoders, are a big attraction, with everyone from rapper Fifty Cent to Justin Bieber promoting an audio product.

Snooki’s “Jersey Shore” co-star, Pauly D, will be here on Thursday, shilling for Sync headphones, along with Fifty Cent.